Graduate students are invited to submit their paper for the the Jim Winkates Graduate Student Paper Award competition sponsored by the ISA-South Region of ISA. The region has named the award in honor of Dr. Jim Winkates in recognition of his contributions to the discipline and his support for graduate students.
About the Award:
- The competition is open to any graduate student who is enrolled in a graduate program at the time of the ISA-South conference.
- To be eligible in any given year, the student must attend the ISA-South Conference and present her or his paper as a member of a panel.
- Three prizes will be awarded:
Grand Prize: $250 / First Runner-up: $200 / Second Runner-up: $150 - The awards will be announced at the ISA-South conference banquet (NOTE: the Paper Competition Coordinator reserves the right to decide not to award prizes if a sufficient number of graduate student papers are not submitted for the competition).
- Additional non-monetary awards will include a one-year paid membership in ISA and ISA-South and a plaque acknowledging the award, presented at the annual ISA-South conference banquet.
- The Coordinator of the Graduate Student Paper Competition is responsible for forming a committee to decide on the awarding of prizes.
- The criteria for judging the papers include mastery of the field, originality, logic, organization, good writing, and proper documentation.
- Students who wish to enter the competition must submit four (4) final copies of their conference paper to the Paper Competition Coordinator no later than Thursday, September 27, 2010. No papers will be accepted electronically. Mail four hard copies of your paper postmarked by/before the deadline to the award committee chair.
Award Committee
Prof. Thomas Badey
Coordinator, ISA-S Jim Winkates Graduate Student Paper Competition
Department of International Studies & Political Science
PO Box 5005
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland, VA 23005-5505
Email: tbadey@rmc.edu
Previous Winners
2010 Annual Conference
- Grand Prize: Beatrice Mosello, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
- First Runner-Up: Joanna K. Rozpedowski, University of South Florida
- Second Runner-up: Katherine S. Grover, American University
